Example sentences of "more than the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the time being they could evade Allen 's choice by challenging the assumption that the League represented anything more than the collective security of a group of satisfied imperial powers . |
| 2 | But it will have to be more than the mysterious death used in the old , simple detective story . |
| 3 | But in fact , towards the climax of the disease , there was very little of me left , in more than the physiological sense . |
| 4 | There is no need to hold that all human beings should always and only be approached using the interpretive action scheme , any more than the reverse claim makes sense if adhered to in all circumstances . |
| 5 | Colleges reckon their spell in Division II has cost them about £25,000 in lost sponsorship , bar takings , gate receipts etc — Saturday 's crowd of over 2,500 brought in more than the combined total of the previous home league matches — and there 's little doubt that defeat against Musselburgh would have had a catastrophic impact on the club . |
| 6 | Thus during the period of restrictions the contras grew , and occasionally even thrived , apparently on air : or on nothing more than the scattered largesse of rich Americans . |
| 7 | So , was the great Reform Bill of 1832 , as some have seen it , no more than the minimal concession to undeniable demand for change ? |
| 8 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |
| 9 | The libertarian interpretation rejects the notion that the revolutionaries represented no more than the extravagant daydreams of isolated malcontents . |
| 10 | Apart from George Rodney with his distinctive male top-knot , the head-dress of the other five appears to be nothing more than the broad folds of the linen winding-sheet . |
| 11 | The latter hurt Israel far more than the Arab states because France had long been an important arms supplier to Israel . |
| 12 | ‘ Why should I want someone like you , whose squalid dreams of passion can encompass no more than the petty attentions of a man like Jones ? |
| 13 | In the case of the working class — possibly more than the middle class — the unemployment of families and the depressed economic conditions that prevailed during the inter-war years encouraged the reduction of family size , even though there were still many areas where the birth rate remained high or increased , almost oblivious of the economic conditions . |
| 14 | This implied far more than the juridical observation that the Holy Spirit would ‘ assist ’ the Ecumenical Council . |
| 15 | A Bertola Pale Dry Fino or Manzanilla is worth a try and proves that this well known house produces more than the famous Bertola Cream . |
| 16 | He would make occasional forays into the United States or films , but Lynn 's only real home was in Aldwych farces as part of the Travers team which ran triumphantly into the 1930s , and he stayed with them , creating and recreating the role of the silly ass forever working his way out of impossible situations , often armed with nothing more than the famous monocle , a daft grin , and an apparently inexhaustible ability to triumph over adversity by the sheer idiocy of his own imagination . |
| 17 | Should setpiece equality form the plot , what prospects are there for Scotland 's backs to build on their Ireland display and will we see more than the limited offerings which the Welsh managed against England ? |
| 18 | But drinking too much over a period of months or years damages far more than the nervous system . |
| 19 | WHILST the accounts from last year 's World Cup are still not available , I.B. Secretary Keith Rowlands asserted in Catania recently that RWC profits would be more than the paltry £3 million mooted earlier this year by fellow director Marcel Martin . |
| 20 | If society gains more than the private supplier would gain , the social cost of the capital good is less than the market price that a private supplier would have to charge . |
| 21 | Likewise the top sales performer in a hi-tech company can earn , by a mixture of base earnings , commission and stock options , more than the sales director and indeed more than the managing director . |
| 22 | Within the permitted development rules for home extensions , this means no permission is needed , so long as adding the garage does n't result in the volume of the house being increased by more than the permitted development allowance . |
| 23 | But as two months had already elapsed since the end of the previous contracts , this would mean that for some weeks the players would be getting more than the permitted £4 a week maximum . |
| 24 | I never have more than the permitted amount of duty-free goods ; I 've never imported plants , or dogs , or drugs , or uncooked meat , or firearms ; and yet I constantly find myself wanting to turn the wheel and head for the Red Channel . |
| 25 | It is claimed that a fifth of road fatalities say 1,150 deaths a year can be attributed to ’ drunk ’ driving : a driver has more than the permitted level of alcohol in his blood . |
| 26 | Under the Chester scheme , landlords pay £50 to register , but if they fail to do so and their houses contain more than the permitted number of occupants , they face fines of up to £1,000 . |
| 27 | He was responding to an observation made by planning chief , Mr Ross Chisholm , who said parked buses often ran their engines for more than the permitted two minutes . |
| 28 | Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’ |
| 29 | To have produced one important poem is rather more than the vast majority of poets could claim in any age . |
| 30 | He had n't even used force , holding her with nothing more than the subtle movement of his mouth on hers . |